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Banks sluggish on Indigenous financial inclusion

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... truly value." Almost half of ATSI people are more likely to have severe or high levels of financial stress (49%) than the general Australian population (11%). Most had a bank account or used someone else's account. This means many did not use or ...

Investment firm plans delisting

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... wants to delist through an off-market equal access share buyback, subject to shareholder approval at the July 25 annual general meeting. The stock is thinly traded and 60% of the issued shares are held by its largest shareholder, followed by another ...

British MPs prod own pension fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... allowed to invest more money almost in creating businesses to invest in new technologies." Last year, Church of England's General Synod voted 347 to four in favour of selling $21 billion worth of investments in fossil fuels if the companies don't ...

Perpetual wins trustee mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... commitment to Indigenous businesses and communities - we couldn't have chosen a better partner." Perpetual Corporate Trust general manager Glen Dogan said the business was seeing a growing interest in social impact funds. "The Indigenous Infrastructure ...

Material weakness in super funds, insurers exposed

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2019
The numerous weaknesses exposed in APRA's prudential inquiry into the Commonwealth Bank are apparent among life insurers and superannuation funds. The prudential regulator wrote to 36 insurers, super funds and ADIs last June off the back of its ...

AFCA seeks to strengthen leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2019
... newly-created senior roles. Chief ombudsman and chief executive David Locke will appoint a deputy chief ombudsman and general counsel. The new leadership roles will be necessary as AFCA's jurisdiction expands; from the start of July the authority will ...

Industry fund appoints inaugural CIO

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
... it creates a chief investment officer role. Energy Super's investments were previously headed by Bill Graus as the general manager, investments. He left the fund in February after starting at the fund in September 2014. The super fund has replaced ...

Super fund proxy voting behaviour revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
... relate to its shareholders, with an independent chairman. " Chevron is facing similar shareholder action at its annual general meeting on the same day. Aegon Netherlands and Aegon Asset Management Netherlands announced it will support resolutions at ...

NSX managing director steps down

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
... building of a new management structure and organisational team. Former ANZ Share Investing and ANZ Investment Lending general manager Matthew Loughnan will assume the role of interim chief executive. Loughnan is a senior executive with more than two ...

RBC I&TS Australia lead departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
The managing director of RBC Investor & Treasury Services in Australia has departed, with a new general manager role introduced. After a decade with the custodian, David Travers has left RBC Investor & Treasury Services. A spokesperson confirmed the ...